Floss ring



I. G. LANGLEY ET AL /FLOSS RING Filed March 10 1922 jwmntow' Patented Got. 2, 1923.

unirnn stares PATENT orrIcE.

ILMA G. LANGLEY AND WILLIAM s. LANGLEY, or YOUNGSTOWN, omo.

FLOSS RING.

Application filed March 10, 1922. Serial No. 542,639.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that ILMA G. LANGLEY and WILLIAM S. LANGLEY, citizens of the United States of America, residing at Youngstown,

o-in the county of Mahoning and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Floss Rings, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to floss spool liolders, and more particularly to the kind of holder designed to receivefa plurality of spools, upon which is wound 'floss, or other material, and is so formed that the device may be placed within a receptacle. -This receptacle may be a work basket or tray. The principal object is to provide a holder, as above stated, securing a plurality of spools, said spools secured between an upper and lower circular ring. The central 20 portion within the spools and rings may be used for a receptacle for ordinary material placed within a work-basket, the rings being of such a circumference to allow the spools to fit loosely within a circular tray or basket.

Another object of the invention is to provide a means for securing the upper and lower rims so as to secure the plurality of spools.

A still further object is to provide a device of this sort of simple and economical form; and our invention consists in the improved construction hereinafter'described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a sectional view taken on a line 22 of Figure 2. y

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the device when placed within a receptacle or basket.

Like characters of reference in the sev eral views designate corresponding parts.

The frame consists of a lower ring 1, havingsecured thereto a plurality of spindles 2. These spindles 2 are perpendicular to the lower ring 1, and form a rest for an upper ring 3. This upper ring 3 is provided with a plurality of holes 4', through. which project the ends 5 of securing spindlcs 6. These ends 5 are provided with anut loeking'mean's '7 By referring to Figure lit'will be seen I that the device may be conveniently placed Within a receptacle or tray 8. I In operating the device the nut locking means 7 are removed from the ends 5 of the securing spindles'fl. The upper ring 3 is then removed, and a plurality of spools 9 are placed over the spindles 2, and the I securing spindles 6. In the working of spools containing floss there is a tendency for the thread to kink or become tangled, and it is one of the purposes ofthis in-' vention to provide a device having the spools containing the floss in an accessible position without removing the same from the spindle.

What We claim and Letters Patent is: I

y In afdevice of the classwdes'cribed, the combination of a circular basket or tray With floss or thread holder comprising a lower circular ring, an upper circular ring, a plurality of spindles some of'which are extended and providedwiththreaded screws on their upper ends, said spindles formed of a convenient size for the reception of spools and spaced apart and further used to keep the upper and lower rings spaced apart, substantially as described for the pur pose set forth. Y

In testimony tures.

ILMA G. LANGLEY.

WILLIAM S. LANGLEY. Witnesses: m

FRANK P. JACKSON, Q 701A. HARPMAN.

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